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No. 622,!43. Patented Mar. 28, I899. C. M. HAESKE.

WAGON.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

CHARLES M. HAESKE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,143, dated March 28, 1899. Application filed December 14, 1898. Serial No. 699,250. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. HAESKE, of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagons; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in the construction of the bodiesof coal-wagons and like vehicles designed to carry heavy weights, and has particular reference to the stiffening of the body, protection of the corners thereof, and the construction of the end-gate.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and summarized in the claims appended hereto and more fully described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a wagon-body having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear end view thereof, showing the gate closed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3, Fig. 2, showing the gate open in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the fastening. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of one of the combined corner-irons and latchhousings.

A designates the body of a wagon, which, as shown, is provided with side extensions B B. To the corners of the wagon are secured the angle-irons O and D, each provided with a bulging center rib or enlargement c d, which serves both to stiffen the iron and as a bumper or fender. These irons are provided with the slots 0 cl in their piece fitting against the sides of the body, into which slots are fitted the ends of the horizontal flange c of an anglebar E, which is secured by its vertical flange e to the side of the body, as shown, and serves both as a means to stiifen the side of the body, as a fender to protect the Wooden portions of the body, and as a bond between the front corner-irons C and rear corner-irons D.

The rear irons D are formed on their rear end portions with sockets or keepers D for the reception of movable 'bolts F, which are retained in the sockets by means of pins f, projecting through slots (1 in the outer wall of the socket, as shown, and above each socket D is a short stiffening-web 01 The end-gate G is fastened to vertical strap= irons G, the lower ends-of which are bent into partly-open eyes g, which are hooked into slots h in the vertical depending flange h of an angle-iron H, bolted across the bottom of the wagon, as shown. This construction allows the gate to fit closely in position between the sides of the body and between the webs d of opposite rear corner-irons D and against the angle-iron H. When raised, the end-gate can be held securely closed by means of the bolts F, which are pulled out of their sockets by means of short chains f, attached to eyes on the outer ends of the bolts, as shown. One of these chains f is provided with a ring f and the other chain is provided with a link bar f to the outer end of which is pivoted a curved spring-link f When the bolts F are drawn outward, the end of link f is run through ringf and then link f is turned over until its longer portion is beside and parallel with the bar f Then a ring f of bar f is slipped up over the end of the link as shown in Fig. 2, thereby locking the links f f together, and consequently uniting the chains f, and thus holding the bolts F in projected position and fastening the end-gate securely in closed position. When the end-gate is to be opened, the'ring f is slipped back, so as to free ring f which is then slipped out of ring f and then by jerking chains f outwardly the bolts F are forced back into their sockets D, allowing the gate to drop, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 3.

It will be observed that when the gate is lowered its upper end swings so closely below the angle-bar H as to prevent coal from dropping between the bar and gate.

The foregoing construction is simple and very durable. The irons D form both corner-braces and bumpers and also afford means for holding the gate-securing devices and, in connection with the corner-irons C and an= gle-bars E, brace and stiffen the body, and the strapeyes g and slotted angle-bar H afford a very eificienthinge connection between the gate and the body.

As a result of the peculiar construction of the hinge the end-gate drops out of the way, and at the same time it is flexible and is allowed to adapt itself to inequalities of the sidewalk when it is dropped against it. This would not be the case with a hinge constructed in the ordinary manner with an eye and a rod passing through it, as in this case the only motion that would be allowed would be the rotating one upon the rod, and another point about the hinge is it is easy to repair. In the case of the eye-and rod it is sometimes a difficult matter to get the eyes all in line and the rod to pass through them; but there is no such trouble with the construction herein described. the end of the strap and the perforation in the angle-iron along the bot-tom of the rear end of the wagon-body make a hinge which any blacksmith with ordinary tools can either make or repair, and the fact that the steel plate forming the end-gate can be brought up close to this angle-iron prevents the usual space and offset that we find at the hinge or along the edge of the gate as ordinarily constructed. This gate makes close contact with the end of the body, thus preventing coal from falling through or the corners being battered off the end-gate.

The ordinary end-gate is perforated at the two sides, and as it is closed up these perforations pass over pins that are fastened to the sides and body, and then these pins are perforated, so as to allow a key to be passed through the perforations on the outside of the end-gate, thus holding it to its place; but in case a heavy load is on the wagon, and especially if it be a little old whether there is a load in it or not, the sides of the body are apt to separate, and these holes and pins will not register and it becomes a difficult matter to close the gate; but it is evident that with my locking devices no such diflicultycan be experienced, for no matter how the sides may spread the latch can be pulled out past the end-gate and will hold it in position firmly against the end of the body. A simple jerk of the chain will draw the latches out and lock the end-gate against the end of the body, whereas a jerk in the opposite direction will throw the latches back into their housings, and thus free the end-gate, so that it can drop. This is a very important improvement and one which removes a source of a great deal of trouble with this class of vehicles. Another point is that since the housing, the bumper, and the corner are all cast in one piece any damage that the wagon may suffer, which is usually at the corner of the body, can very readily be repaired, and all that is necessary to do is to remove the defective parts and substitute new ones.

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is-

1. In a wagoirbody, the combination of the The simple loose open eye atfront and rear corner-irons; with the angle iron bars secured to the sides of the body,

and connected at their ends to the cornerin the slots of the corner-irons so as to con nect the latter, for the purpose and substantially as described.

3. In a wagon-body, the combination of the corner-irons each having a bumper projection and a horizontal slot in its side portion; with the angle-iron bars secured longitudinally to the body between the corner-irons, and having their horizontal flanges longer, and secured in the slots of the corner-irons, for the purpose and substantially as described.

4. In a wagon, the combination of the angleiron bar secured to and transversely of the rear end of the body, having slots in its vertical flange; with the end-gate, and the strapirons secured to the end-gate having open eyes engaging the slots of said an gle-iron bar,- whereby the gate is hinged to the body, for the purpose and substantially as described.

5. The combination of the body, the cornerirons secured to the rear corners thereof and provided with latch-housings, the latches in said housings, and the chains connected to said latches, and means for detachablyconmeeting said chains; with the end-gate hinged to the body and adapted to be locked by said catches, when closed.

6. The combination of a wagon-body, the corner-irons secured thereto, and provided with latch-housings, slidable latches in said housings, the chains attached to said latches, and detachable connections for said chains; withthe angle-bar secured to the bottom of the wagon, provided with slots, and the endgate having straps provided with open eyes engaging the slots in said bar, whereby the said gate is hinged to the body, said gate being adapted to be fastened by said latches and chains, when raised.

7. In a wagon-body, the combination of the corner-irons O, D, the angle-bars E attached to the side of the wagon an d connecting the front and rear irons, the irons D being provided with latch-housings D latches F in said housings, the chains for operating said latches provided with detachable connections with each other, and an end-gate hinged to the wagon-body and adapted to be secured in closed position between the rear corner-irons by the latches, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a wagon, the combination of'the iron bar secured to the rear end of the body and slotted substantially as described; with the end-gate and the strap-irons attached thereto, having open eyes loosely engaging the slots IIO of said bar whereby the gate is hinged to the body, substantially as described.

9. The combination of the body and the end-gate hinged thereto; with the slidable latches attached to the keepers secured to the body at opposite sides of the gate, and the chains connected to said 1atches,whereby they may be bolted in or out of their keepers, and means for connecting the chains when the latches are projected, to lock the gate, sub- IO stantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES M. HAESKE. In presence of- GRACE O. EooLEsToN, W. H. BRAMAN. 

